Skipped content of type multipart/mixed-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20060501/9a93d5a9/attachment-0001.pgp From chri...@attglobal.net Tue May 2 13:17:38 2006 From: chri...@attglobal.net (Peter Christy) Date: Tue May 2 14:46:20 2006 Subject: [sane-devel] Hotplug and udev files created automatically now, please test! Message-ID: <200605021417.39020.chri...@attglobal.net>
I'm running Slackware-current, and using udev *without* hotplug to try and improve start-up times. I've built the latest cvs of sane and installed it, but it seems that it still relies on hotplug to set permissions for USB devices. My system no longer has hotplug (nor does Debian, I believe, and many others are in the process of dropping hotplug and just using udev). When using udev without hotplug, the actual position of the usb device on the /sys bus seems to be variable. However, it is quite easy to make a symlink (/dev/usbscanner) that will always point to the scanner wherever it is actually mounted. Unfortunately, this symlink - or rather the device it ultimately links to - is under the /sys mount point rather than /proc. I can't find anyway of making sane use the /sys (or /dev) devices rather than /proc. Neither does it seem possible to make udev change the permissions of devices mounted under /proc. (The naming systems are different) At present I am forced to manually alter the permissions of my scanner after each boot, having first located where it has appeared. This is not an optimal solution! I think sane needs to offer an option as to whether it should seek /proc or /dev devices for USB (and possibly others, which I don't have!) I have tried to force it to look for /dev devices by using the old .conf options from the kernel module days, but that doesn't work either! If I have missed something here, I would be grateful for any pointers as to how to resolve this problem. However, I suspect the solution probably lies in updating sane to reflect the current thinking on hotplugging. Cheers, -- Pete Christy chri...@attglobal.net
